| Mental Health is about finding a balance between | | | | blasé about their own mental health - or that of |
| dealing with the difficulties in life and using the | | | | their friends, family or colleagues. The Mental Power |
| opportunities life presents for further development. | | | | Foundation uses research and practical projects to |
| Mental power is primary in helping create good things in | | | | help people survive, recover from and prevent mental |
| our life, and is the vehicle that helps us work toward | | | | health problems. Mental health problems are painful - |
| our hopes, dreams and aspirations. Mental health is far | | | | emotionally, physically, spiritually and socially. |
| more than the absence of mental illness and has to do | | | | Stress, depression and panic attacks are common |
| with many aspects of our lives including. The mental | | | | conditions and they can all be successfully treated. |
| health issues may mean an increased risk of alcohol | | | | Stress plays an important role in mental health. People |
| abuse, smoking and poor diet and physical fitness. | | | | just don't taking account of the fact it's just as life |
| Anxiety, stress and depression can make coping | | | | threatening and just as distressing as these major |
| difficult for seniors who are often facing the physical, | | | | other illnesses. Such people often set themselves up |
| emotional and economic changes associated with | | | | for added stress by the rigid expectations that they |
| aging. For instance, everyone I know that deals with | | | | hold. Some therapists suggest that by using positive |
| hypertension, diabetes, or asthma cope maladaptive to | | | | self-talk and trying to restructure the WAY we look at |
| stress; they have anxiety issues yet don't get referred | | | | events can offset the physical and mental effects of |
| to psych. Most people with an anxiety disorder will try | | | | dealing with negative or stressful events in life. |
| to avoid exposure to whatever triggers their anxiety. | | | | Symptoms of Mental Illness Persistent sad, anxious or |
| In anxiety disorders, people tend to get anxious when | | | | "empty" mood Agitation, irritability, restlessness, |
| they are faced with a particular situation. So, for | | | | moodiness Withdrawal from community, social |
| example, as a mental health nurse you could be helping | | | | situations or formerly enjoyed activities Feelings of guilt, |
| to care for and support a mother with severe | | | | worthlessness, helplessness or burden Feelings of |
| post-natal depression young man facing the | | | | hopelessness and negativity Physical complaints that |
| complexities of a mental illness such as schizophrenia | | | | are hard to explain and resistant to treatment such as |
| someone experiencing anxiety and panic attacks | | | | digestive disorders, headaches, heart palpitations and |
| which prevent them from functioning normally. Mental | | | | chronic pain Denial of obvious problems Increasing |
| Power Signs the Symptoms in younger children. | | | | inability to cope with daily challenges, activities or small |
| Depression and anxiety are the most common health | | | | problems Overuse of alcohol, medications and/or |
| conditions. | | | | drugs There are many types of mental illnesses. |
| Depression is a real condition and isn't just "life. | | | | African Americans in this study did not show a |
| Depression, the fastest-growing cause of long-term | | | | significant relationship between depressive symptoms |
| disability in Canada, is the most common among this | | | | and high-effort coping strategies, while Caribbean |
| type of disorder, which includes bipolar disorder (also | | | | Blacks and white Americans experienced increasing |
| known as manic depression), dysthymia, and seasonal | | | | symptoms of depression linked to increasingly |
| affective disorder. The research team has also found | | | | high-effort coping, in relationship to other beliefs and |
| that stress at work is associated with a 50 per cent | | | | values. Anxiety panic attack symptoms are impacting |
| excess risk of coronary heart disease, and there is | | | | the quality of life of millions of people worldwide. The |
| consistent evidence that jobs with high demands, low | | | | type, intensity, and duration of symptoms vary from |
| control, and effort-reward imbalance are risk factors | | | | person to person, but all mental illnesses are treatable. |
| for mental and physical health problems (major | | | | Mental health is the key to overall physical health. |
| depression, anxiety disorders, and substance use | | | | Mental health is a human rights issue. But mental health |
| disorders). | | | | is far more than merely the absence of mental illness. |
| With mental health problems affecting one in four | | | | Mental health problems can't always be seen, but the |
| people in this region, and now among the main reasons | | | | symptoms can be recognized. |
| for absence from work, no-one can afford to be | | | | |